Mendelssohn & Co.

One of the leading banks in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was Aryanized by the Nazis because the owners were Jewish.

In 1815, they moved into their new headquarters at Jägerstraße 51, thereby laying the foundations of Berlin's financial district.

Only the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and the Lenin putsch in 1917 put an end to these close contacts.

The Mendelssohn family, through the descendants of the founding brothers, continued to run the company.

[2][3][4][5] Possessions of members of the Mendelssohn family were plundered, and they were forced into exile, where several committed suicide.